Spray Paint Artists To Converge On West Hartford Art Store

WEST HARTFORD — Spray-paint art will take center stage at Jerry's Artarama in Elmwood on Aug. 9.

The art store and frame shop, which is celebrating its 21st year in business, is holding a family friendly "Spray Day" at their building, at 1109 New Britain Ave., beginning at 1 p.m. that day.

Shoham said the event will last around three hours. The rain date is Aug. 10.

The event will feature local artists creating a mural on the store, as well as activities for visitors.

Owner Jeff Shoham said this is the third mural event the store has hosted. "Spray Day" will include a live band, food truck, tie-dyeing, face painting, and a cellophane wall where burgeoning artists can try their hand at creating spray paint designs.

"It's going to be cool," Shoham said. In addition to an event where high school students created a mural, the store held its first "Spray Day" a couple years ago.

"It was very successful and people liked it in the community and we figured why not do another one," Shoham said.

Shoham said he's seen a preliminary sketch of the planned mural, and is excited to see the finished result.

"We kind of let the artists do what they want," Shoham said. "Obviously I want to make sure that it's community acceptable, so I do approve it," but, "as they start painting it just kind of comes to them," he added.